Re: Silly question department, Display Media White Point
Re: Silly question department, Display Media White Point
- Subject: Re: Silly question department, Display Media White Point
- From: Don Hutcheson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:17:21 -0500
Mark,
I would hesitate to characterize Adobe’s CMYK color settings as a serious “problem”, because as a “source profile” (for viewing non-critical CMYK files), U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 is actually quite similar to current CMYK color spaces - in fact it passes G7.
However as a “destination profile” (for converting from RGB to CMYK), you should avoid U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 like the plague, because of it’s antiquated structure (lack of GCR, excessive TAC and low Max Black values). The same goes for all other Adobe-generated CMYK profiles. Don’t convert into them!
For a company so vital to the ICC revolution, Adobe’s apparent inability to make good ICC profiles has always surprised me.
As for their failure to change the Color Settings default to a more modern CMYK color space, we shouldn’t be surprised. For years, Adobe has treated print as a “already dead”. In fact I can’t think of one new CMYK feature in Photoshop since the late ‘90s.
But then, it’s Photoshop, not Printshop.
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Don Hutcheson, President
HutchColor, LLC
Washington, NJ USA
email@hidden
M: 908-500-0341
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On Feb 27, 2015, at 19:49 , Mark Stegman <email@hidden> wrote:
> Don,
>
> I find one of the enduring impressions is that standards are based on 'ideal' conditions. They are based on an average and try to reflect what a printer might be reasonably expected to achieve in the real world. There is still some debate on what that average should be but I just wanted to make the point that his is why the specifications have tolerances. It is also why the tolerances for proofing are tighter than are for printing.
>
> As for the 'problem' of Adobe default Color Settings ( if that's what you were referring to) I personally don't understand it. If anyone in this industry doesn't know how to customise their Color Settings or, better still, access and install those provided by a multitude of global publishing industry organisations along with all the helpful information that goes with it they should be washing windows.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Stegman
>
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